Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Pitts v. Unger

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided March 20, 2009Published

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal from a judgment (denominated order) of the Supreme Court, Orleans *1359County (James E Punch, A.J.), entered December 28, 2007 in a habeas corpus proceeding. The judgment dismissed the petition.

It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Memorandum: We reject the contention of petitioner that Supreme Court erred in dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner’s contention in support of the petition with respect to double jeopardy could have been raised on direct appeal or by a postjudgment motion pursuant to CPL article…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People v. BeneventoNew York Court of Appeals · 1998
  2. People ex rel. Goude v. La ValleeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1973

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